fumare come un turco

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to smoke like a Turk”. This expression is thought to date back to the 17th century, referencing a drastic increase in tobacco use in Turkey following the death of Ottoman sultan Murad IV (1612–1640), who had imposed a strict, highly-unpopular ban on the smoking of tobacco. Cognate with French fumer comme un Turc. === Verb === fumàre come un turco (first-person singular present fùmo come un turco, first-person singular past historic fumài come un turco, past participle fumàto come un turco, auxiliary avére) (informal, simile, intransitive) to smoke like a chimney (smoke tobacco frequently) Synonym: fumare come una ciminiera ==== Conjugation ==== see: fumare